BANDSTAND CONCERT IN CLARENCE PARK, 16th August 2026

Played at the bandstand in Clarence Park on a quite windy day! Needed a lot of clothes-pegs to keep the music in place. Played some of the songs from previous times around with accordion and bass accompaniment.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT AT ST PETERS, 27th May 2026

Played once again at St Peters Church, raising yet more money for Rennie Grove Hospice. The theme was From Baroque To Now, with the set containing pieces such as Pachelbel's Canon, Faure's Berceuse, Lacrimosa, Abdelazer, Liberty Bell (of Monty Python fame) and Eileen Pakenham's Reverie.

Helen and Nima played guitar and flute duets of a lovely suite of pieces by Fernando Sor.

BANDSTAND CONCERT CLARENCE PARK, 11th August 2024

Not as windy as last year! Great sound with our recorder/flute player Helen Skelton! Encouraging children from the nearby playground were interested in our playing, possibly future mandolin players in the making

LUNCHTIME CONCERT ST PETERS, 29th May 2024

Playing again to a full house, meaning more money raised for Rennie Grove Hospice Care! Our performances are going from strength with our inspirational new conductor Tim Smith. Some feedback from the audience - "That was a lovely programme of beautifully played great music at lunchtime. Very therapeutic to step away from our troubled world and have an hour of calming music and contemplation - thank you! Please pass on my appreciation to all your fellow musicians - the flautist / recorder player especially. I'd like to know what was happening in 1685 - that one year produced Vivaldi, JS Bach and Handel!". Be sure to look out for us again next year!

BMG FEDERATION FESTIVAL, Cambridge 5-7th April 2024

A small group of us participated in this years BMG Federation Festival. Great fun playing awesome music, listening to excellent music and learning from from the best plucked string experts in the UK! We entered a competition, the Francis Day & Hunter trophy for small ensembles and got 1st place, was a pleasant surprise as it was the first time competing as a group! Also made a small performance and recieved good feedback which will help us move forward.

PLUCKY WOODWIND SOUNDS Part I, 19th November 2023

Was a great concert with a good turnout and an appreciative audience. Thanks again to Helen Skelton on flute and recorder, very much enjoyed performing with her and looking forward to further performances in the New Year! Was the last performance for conductor Vlad Bourceanu after a year with our group we wish him all the best! Raised over £250 for charity Refugee Tales who was also highly appreciative of the amount. Some great feedback - "Friends who came to the concert on Sunday all enjoyed it. I thought the variety of the programme was particularly good, each number being quite different from the previous one.", "I did not know that mandolins could make such different sounds."

CONCERT FOR FRANK (1955-2022), 6th Nov 2022

Playing to a full house reflecting just how many lives Frank had touched through his work! Raising over £350 for Sue Ryder who was highly appreciative of the amount. Huge thanks to the Kerntiff family, who gave us permission to honor Frank and perform his arranged music as well as helping with the organisation and running of the concert. Was very poignant hearing the thank yous from the Kerntiff family at the end of the concert. First debut of our new conductor Vlad Bourceanu who has helped bring our playing to another level. Great feedback especially for our more complex and thought provoking pieces.